This is an analysis of The Choice by William Butler Yeats.

The intellect of man is forced to choose
perfection of the life, or of the work,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababcc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 0101010101 0100011001 1001010101 01001010001 1111010101 0111011101 1101001101 1011000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: ottava rima
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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